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Daily Life - New Guy in Town (C0011) A: Oh, I don’t know if you heard, but someone moved into that old house down the road. B: Yeah, I know. I met the owner of the house yesterday as he was moving in. His name is Armand. A: Really? What’s he like? You have to fill me in. B: Actually, he’s a bit strange. I don’t know... I’ve got a bad feeling about him. A: Really? Why? B: Well, yesterday I brought over a housewarming gift, but Armand started acting really weird, and then he practically kicked me out! I tried to, sort of, peek into his house, but everything was so dark inside that I couldn’t really get a good look. A: Well, you’ll never guess what I saw this morning. A delivery truck pulled into his driveway, and it dropped off a long, rectangular box. It almost looked like a coffin! B: You see! Why would he... C: Hello ladies... B: Ah, Armand! You scared the heck out of me! This is my friend Doris. C: A pleasure to meet you...If you are not doing anything tonight, I would like to have you both for dinner. I mean...I would like to have you both over for dinner. Key Vocabulary I don’t know if you heard phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of information fill me in phrase tell me about it a bad feeling phrase a sense or feeling that something bad is going to happen weird Adjective strange, unusual kick out principle verb, past simple make or force someone leave when they don’t want to creep me out phrase make me feel uncomfortable and a bit scared you’ll never guess phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of news scare the heck out of me phrase cause someone to feel a lot of fear Supplementary Vocabulary bizarre Adjective strange or unusual creepy Adjective strange or scary, causing people to feel nervous and afraid vampire common noun, singular a dead person who drinks the blood of living people have you heard phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of gossip guess what phrase phrase used to introduce an interesting or surprising piece of information